Basic responses
The Slack API can be configured to execute methods once certain events are dispatched, as seen earlier with the RTM_CONNECTION_OPENED
event. Now, we will dive into other useful events provided to us.
The authenticated event
So far, we have seen how to add functionality to Slack's
RTM_CONNECTION_OPENED
event triggered by the bot entering a channel and an error occurring, respectively. If you wish to execute some code when a bot logs in but before it connects to a channel, you can use the AUTHENTICATED
event:
slack.on(CLIENT_EVENTS.RTM.AUTHENTICATED, (rtmStartData) => { console.log(`Logged in as ${rtmStartData.self.name} of team ${rtmStartData.team.name}, but not yet connected to a channel`); });
This gives the following output:
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